Isolation and characterization of a Drosophila gene essential for early embryonic development and formation of cortical cleavage furrows

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 134, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 923-934

  Zhang, Claire X ^a   Lee, Maxwell P ^a,b   Chen, Alice D ^a   Brown, Sheryl D ^a   Hsieh, Tao Shih ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; DYSTROPHIN; GENE PRODUCT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTODERM; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FEMALE STERILITY; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0029821444     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.134.4.923     Document Type: Article

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